Sand-band.



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S A N D B A N D. (Applicationiled 0012. 24, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED M. INGERSOLL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,542, datedSeptember 11, 1900.

Application filed October 24, 1899. Serial No. 734,617. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

/ Be it known that I, ALFRED M. INGERSOLL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSand-Bands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

7 clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for excluding dirt frombetween the axles of vehicles and the axle-boxes, which are technicallyknown as sand-bands.

The object of the improvements is to provide a device of this characterthat can be cheaply made, easily and quickly applied to axles and hubsof common forms, that will permit the removal of the wheel from the axlefor the purpose of oiling with the minimum amount of trouble, and thatwhen applied will effectually exclude sand and other forms of dirt andat the same time prevent the oil from escaping from the axle.

The construction, arrangement, and operation of my improved sand-bandareillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisapplication, andin which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of aportion of an axle, a hub applied thereto, and of my invention. Fig. 2shows my invention in elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through athreaded and flanged collar which forms a part of my invention. Fig. 4is a vertical section through a screw-cap which forms a part of myimproved sandband, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the halves of asectional collar which is applied to the squared portion of the axle inmy invention.-

In the accompanyingdrawings,frepresen ts a squared axle of common form,g the round and tapering spindle on the end of the axle, and g theannular flange or dust-collar between the spindle and the axle, all ofsaid parts being made integrally in the usual manner.

The inner end portion of a hub is represented by h, and interposedbetween the hub and the axle is the axle-box h, said hub and box havingthe form common to such devices. In carrying out my invention I providea metal collar (2, which is made in two semicir end of the hub h, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

Surrounding the collar 0 is a cap (I, which is annularly and interiorlythreaded to engage the threads on said collar and is formed with aflange d at right angles with the threaded portion and with a centralopening (Z through which the lugs a on the collare project when thedevice is in position.

When the device is applied in the manner shown in Fig. 1, it will beobserved that a joint having two right angles is formed between the axleand the contiguous parts of the sand-band and the hub, thus practicallyexcluding dust and confining the oil. It will also be noted that inorder to remove the wheel from the axle it is only necessary to unscrewthe cap d to release the wheel from the sand-band.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, the combination of a collar 6formed in sections adapted to be secured about the squared portion of anaxle, a threaded collar surrounding said first-named collar, means forsecuring said threaded collar 0 to a hub, and the threaded cap cl,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED M. INGIJRSOLL. Witnesses:

GEO. OLTSCH, HUGO ()LTSOH.

